Lingel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lingel is a noun meaning (obsolete) A shoemaker's thread rubbed with beeswax.
Meaning
(obsolete) A shoemaker's thread rubbed with beeswax.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts.
Example Sentences
a little hemp, which he spun into lingels
When I was mortall, this my costiue corps / Did lap vp Figs and Raisons in the Strand, / Where sitting I espi'd a louely Dame, / Whose maister wrought with Lingell and with All, / And vnder ground he vampied many a boote.
Word Forms
- lingels
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lingle, leash, beeswax, bier, laster, heelball.
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